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Wiwaxiidae

Wiwaxiidae

Taxonomy
Wiwaxidae was named by Walcott (1911). Its type is Wiwaxia.

It was corrected as Wiwaxiidae by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Mollusca by Wagner (2023).

Subtaxa
Pollingeria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Wiwaxiidae Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
familyWiwaxiidae()
familyWiwaxiidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Wiwaxiidae Walcott 1911
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G. †Pollingeria Walcott 1911
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†Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Nemakit-Daldynian to the top of the Delamaran or 538.80000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Wiwaxiidae indet. (50427)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Wiwaxidae indet. (50431) Wiwaxiidae indet. (50428 50430)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Wiwaxidae indet. (50429)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Pollingeria grandis (84412 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84420 84423 84424 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)